IBM and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, have announced a major initiative to design and build a new business management platform, which will deliver interactive tools, online collaboration and educational content for small businesses in the developing world, as well as for women- and minority-owned businesses in the United States. This is a tremendous resource. Those who take full advantage, will receive full benefit. They are looking for businesses like yours, so reach out. They have services for each state. Here are three links:

Initiative Overview- http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/helping/SME_Toolkit_Release.shtml

Direct link- http://www.smetoolkit.org/smetoolkit/en

Direct Resource link- http://www.buzgate.org/


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